Birch

Welcome to Birch class!

The last week already! Time has flown in year 4 and we are so proud of all we have each achieved this year. We have been spending some time in guided reading looking through our books to see the improvements we have made through the year and the very visible progress that has been evident across the class.

This week we are very lucky to have some dance and drumming workshops - check out the photos as we put them on!

Welcome to term 6! I hope you've all had a lovely Easter. Time is flying by this year and I really can't believe that it's term 5 already! I'm really seeing how far Birch class have come on, and am so proud of their effort and determination in their learning.

So, another term, another topic! I'll hand over to the website monitors to tell you all about their learning!

Miss Miller

This weeks update is a team effort - we all chipped in to write this!

Last week we had a sports week! We made some banners to cheer on our class. We learnt how to play rounders with Miss Webb and cricket with Mr Wichard and Mrs Fisher. We had a big tournament at Bitton Football Club on Thursday. We played against year three and our outstanding skills as a class helped us to secure a win!

This week we have had SARI in to describe all types of bullying and how the words we can use can be wrong.

In maths this week, we had booklets and we learnt about capacity. We did some estimating and some measuring. We have written ghostly stories so have a look and see what you think of them!

We have also started rehearsing the Key Stage 2 production! We wnjoyed learning the songs and getting to know the storyline: here is what we think of it:
James S said the play is “brilliant”

“Fantsasticated” – Guy (Guy obviously is so taken with the production, he has started making up words!)

“Fun” – Anna

“Our singing is beautiful” – Amber

Next week is WW1 art week so be sure to check back and see out lovely art work!

This week in year 4 we are learning about SAO PAULO.

WE HAVE LEARNT ABOUT 2 CHILDREN WHO HAVE VERY DIFFERENT LIVES.THEY ONLY LIVE FIVE MINUETS AWAY FROM EACH OTHER.ONE HAS MORE MONEY THAN THE OTHER ONE. ONE IS CALLED MONICA SHE IS A GIRL AND SHE HAS MORE MONEY THAN CARLOS THE BOY.

LITERACY
We have been writing letters. When we wrote the letters we had to write as if we were Carlos or Monica. We had to write a conversation between Carlos and Monica. We went out on the field pretending we were in Monica and Carlos class. We split the class up into rich and poor.

P.E
iTS close to sports day so in P.E WE ARE PRACTASING THE HURDELS,SPRINT, BEAN BAG RACE AND LOTS MORE. The YEAR SIXES ARE going to coach the school teams.

ART
In art we have been focusing on perspective and 3d we have drawn favelas and the city of Sao Paulo.
We have painted are favela pictures and put them on the display board. We have used paint and pastels .

By
Hayden and Anna

Year four's learning

This week year four have been learning about Sao Paulo and how different life can be there. We have been writing diary entries for two people who are called Monica and Carlos who live in two total different places in Sao Paulo. Carlos lives in a favela with only one room for five people. Monica on the other hand lives in a luxurious flat with eight rooms for four people.

In maths we have been doing multiplication using the grid method and the column method. We also did subtracting with the column method.

In P.E we have been practising for sports day on Friday the 23rd of May 2014.We are going to be doing sprint, sprint relay, obstacle race , long distance ,bean bag race and hurdles

by Millie and Kane J

Jamboree!

Last week was the Big Bang!

This week and last week we’ve been learning about our topic jamboree. We have been making masks, floats and have learned how to be a majorette and music. We had a carnival and the food we had was guacamole, dip and salads. The food was spicy, the guacamole however was sweet.

We did majorettes out side, where we learnt to spin the batons (which are majorettes). We made floats made of cardboard boxes, glitter, wooden line outs, coloured tissue paper.

We also did masks; first we did a sketch then made it. We also did music using drums, whistles and tin cans for drums as well. The drummer follow the majorettes that are spinning their batons.

FRENCH

We have been learning French numbers and days of the week. Ask us to tell you what day it is in French!

by website monitors Austen, Seb and Cameron

Birch class

What we have learnt in year4

We have learnt about William Shakespeare in maths we have ALSO LEARNT ABOUT FRACTIONS

AND CHAGING DECIMALS INTO FRACTIONS.

WE LEARNT A SONG CALLED DREAM OR REALITY

WE KNOW THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN UNITS OF WEIGHT.

WE'VE ALSO BEEN WRITING BIOGRAPHIES ABOUT WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE.

BY LENNON

We learned how to use a lot of different types of diagrams in maths.

We have also learned about Edward VI and Lady Jane gray.

We are writing a booklet on Tudors kings and Queens.

In R.A.W. we have been learning how to answer questions in comprehension.

Topic work

We have been doing research about Tudors.

Did you now

king Henry

had 6 wives!

Raw means reading and writing

By Isabelle and Woody: website monitors!

This week Birch class have been doing some brilliant work! We’ve learnt all about family trees. Some parents came in to help Birch class to make them. Some of us stayed in the classroom and made our own and also helped with Miss Miller’s and Miss Brain’s family tree. Also last week we built our Tudor houses they looked amazing but we only had 2 days! Were sad this week no swimming L but last week we did J. On Wednesday, Monday and Tuesday we did some excellent maths! J. In maths today we were timesing using the column method. And we also learnt the grid method earlier in the week!